The U.S. Department of State launched its fourth annual “Free the Press” campaign today as part of the Department’s efforts to honor the fundamental importance of a free and independent media in the days leading up to World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

Spokesperson Marie Harf discusses the upcoming nuclear talks with Iran, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq, Egypt's presidential inauguration, counterterrorism and Guantanamo Bay, the search for the missing girls in Nigeria, humanitarian aid in Syria, Middle East peace talks, and the CIA's twitter account